Select Committee · Foreign Affairs Committee

The situation in Ukraine and the UK’s response

Status: Closed Opened: 24 Jan 2022 Closed: 29 May 2024

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by land, sea and air, having massed approximately 190,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders – including in Belarus. The FAC is holding an inquiry on the situation in Ukraine. It will explore the situation on the ground, and how the UK can work with Ukraine … Show more

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
12 Mar 2024 Ben Fender OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, David Reed MBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Dr Maria Shagina · International Institute for Strategic Studies, Dr Yulia Ioffe · Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) at University College London (UCL), Mykola Kuleba · Save Ukraine, Professor Philippa Webb · Kings College London, Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Shahida Tulaganova View ↗
8 Mar 2022 Justine Walker · Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Maria Shagina · Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Timothy Ash · BlueBay, Tom Keatinge · RUSI Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies View ↗
1 Mar 2022 Artis Pabriks, Captain Dmytro Donskoi, Eva-Maria Liimets, Gabrielius Landsbergis, HE Vadym Prystaiko, Marcin Przydacz View ↗
1 Feb 2022 Anders Aslund · Atlantic Council, Fiona Hill · Brookings Institution, Shashank Joshi · The Economist View ↗

Who gave evidence

21 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Anders Aslund · Senior Fellow Atlantic Council 1
Artis Pabriks 1
Ben Fender OBE · Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 1
Captain Dmytro Donskoi 1
David Reed MBE · Director, Sanctions Directorate Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 1
Dr Maria Shagina · Senior Research Fellow International Institute for Strategic Studies 1
Dr Yulia Ioffe · Lecturer (Assistant Professor) Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) at University College London (UCL) 1
Eva-Maria Liimets 1
Fiona Hill · Senior Fellow Brookings Institution 1
Gabrielius Landsbergis 1
HE Vadym Prystaiko 1
Justine Walker · Global Head of Global Sanctions, Compliance and R… Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists 1
Marcin Przydacz 1
Maria Shagina · Visiting Senior Fellow Finnish Institute of International Affairs 1
Mykola Kuleba Save Ukraine 1
Professor Philippa Webb · Professor of Public International Law Kings College London 1
Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan · Minister of State (Indo-Pacific) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 1
Shahida Tulaganova 1
Shashank Joshi · Defence Editor The Economist 1
Timothy Ash · EM Senior Sovereign Strategist, Emerging Markets BlueBay 1
Tom Keatinge · Director RUSI Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies 1

Correspondence

4 letters
DateDirectionTitle
19 Apr 2024 To cttee Letter from Minister Trevelyan relating to Russian sanctions, dated 28/03/2024
18 May 2022 Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary following oral evidence on Ukraine, d…
20 Apr 2022 Correspondence with the Home Secretary relating to alleged kill lists in Ukrain…
2 Feb 2022 Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to Ukraine, dated 30/01/2022